Q: Is 9,178,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,178,000 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 9,178,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 40 50 52 65 80 100 104 125 130 200 208 250 260 325 353 400 500 520 650 706 1,000 1,040 1,300 1,412 1,625 1,765 2,000 2,600 2,824 3,250 3,530 4,589 5,200 5,648 6,500 7,060 8,825 9,178 13,000 14,120 17,650 18,356 22,945 26,000 28,240 35,300 36,712 44,125 45,890 70,600 73,424 88,250 91,780 114,725 141,200 176,500 183,560 229,450 353,000 367,120 458,900 573,625 706,000 917,800 1,147,250 1,835,600 2,294,500 4,589,000 and 9,178,000, with no remainder.

Since 9,178,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,178,000, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).